FURIOUS campaigners have slammed the government for spending nearly £4billion of foreign aid money on improving infrastructure in countries such as Pakistan and India - including railways and potholes in roads.

A new report from spending watchdog the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) revealed taxpayers have bankrolled a £265million cash injection to improve roads in Pakistan.

A further £37million was spent on projects on the Indian continent in order to provide “access to better quality transport”, by upgrading road in cities and rural areas.

Fury has erupted over the findings, while Britain's own transport infrastructure, - plagued by works and delayed timetables – appears to get worse.

Questions are being asked over funding to India from the British foreign aid budget, which is already overstretched, as India is funding its own space programme, a protective shield around the capital Delhi and £10billion on a fleet of warships.

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“The highest taxed drivers in the world will be rightly incensed their daily battles with chronic delays, potholes and congestion are not being resolved in order to help the 7th richest nation in the world, India.”

MP Philip Davies said of the findings: “We are crying out for infrastructure improvements in the UK to boost our economy.

“Surely the Government should be spending money on those before sloshing it around the world to boost the infrastructure in other countries.”

Last week, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said that billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money was to be slashed from the UK's foreign aid budget.

On Tuesday, Ms Mordaunt announced a wide-ranging overhaul, appealing to private investors to prop up the Government’s bloated aid budget.